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  1. The party's biggest problem has been internal saboteurs who kneecap younger and more progressive candidates. Scudder's saying all the right things, hopefully the party's conduct aligns with what he's saying. We are way past the point where mere lip service will suffice to cure what ails the Texas Dems.
  2. The 2003 playbook has been dusted off. Scary guy in a black turban!!! He wants to nuke you! The thing is this time around you have jaded Millennials who spent time in Iraq or Afghanistan, which means anti-war has fairly broad bipartisan support at least in that generation. You also have social media that changes how Americans discuss issues (memes and emojis) and they can select where they get their news from much more than they could back in 2003. Back then we were looking for someone to pulverize in retaliation for 9/11, and we just don't have the same appetite for war today.
  3. He's got a great skincare routine
  4. I agree. That train seems to have left the station, though.
  5. And yet he's extremely popular. More significant to this discussion, Theo Von is usually a fairly accurate indication of how American men feel. Israel has never been less popular in the US, and if we get dragged into a forever war because of them, it will be very interesting to see those low numbers tank even more.
  6. I thought Ace Bailey looked good
  7. Scudder + Casar + Bernie in McAllen
  8. She's an incompetent moron but she wouldn't be able to lie about something like this.
  9. Mamdani literally interviewed hundreds of working class New Yorkers and asked them what matters to them and why they voted for Trump. His platform is based almost entirely on direct feedback from voters, not the pages Jacobin.
  10. They never learn.
  11. https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5359468-new-democrats-party-leadership-survey/ 62 percent of Democrats agree party leadership should be replaced: Survey Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries
  12. I cannot stand ABC's crew.
  13. Indiana is a basketball state. Oklahoma statehood was a mistake.
  14. KD for Alex Sarr.
  15. We may not end up in agreement but I appreciate the good faith engagement and hopefully will get a chance to listen to the source you linked. To answer the question you posed, the following parts say the US was willing to allow Iran to continue its civilian enrichment activities in exchange for the JCPOA-like conditions https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-us-nuclear-talks-rome-enrichment-trump-witkoff/33422138.html https://www.axios.com/2025/06/02/iran-nuclear-deal-proposal-enrich-uranium The best news would be if both sides return to the table and return to the substance of the JCPOA.
  16. I hate when hospitals are hit. Not going to rejoice and anyone who cheers for that simply because it was in Israel is an asshole. Fortunately, have not seen anyone in this thread celebrate the hospital attack. I do think it's fair to point out the media's double-standard and it's a healthy reminder for us to acknowledge our own biases.
  17. You don't believe that lie do you?
  18. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-nuclear-proposal-iran-israel-mulls-military-strikes/ https://www.axios.com/2025/06/02/iran-nuclear-deal-proposal-enrich-uranium https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-us-nuclear-talks-rome-enrichment-trump-witkoff/33422138.html It would be hard for all of these sources to be "in" on the charade.
  19. just like their slave catching and lynching namesake
  20. He sure loves "88"
  21. There were sources other than Trump and Witkoff indicating that the deal was close. There's no point in speculating whose intelligence is greater than the other's because the fact remains that if a smoking gun ever existed we'd have seen it. The American people deserve more than a chart from a DC think thank.
  22. GWB has had them on the "axis of evil" for over 20 years. By now, there is absolutely no chance Bibi has intelligence better than what we would have. To the contrary, Bibi was butthurt about Obama's peace deal that allowed inspections and that every unbiased observer agreed was being complied with, so I would trust our own intel over theirs. When Trump tore up the deal, which happened I believe around the same time John "war in Iran is my wet dream" Bolton was still in his cabinet we would have had even more of an incentive to keep the closest tabs on Iran's progress. To my mind, if either country had smoking gun evidence that Iran were on the "1 yard line" like that tweet says, it already would have been published and shouted from the rooftops. And before they could get to the 1 yard line that also means they had entered the red zone months ago, which if that had been true there never would have been so much diplomatic progress with Witkoff. So either our intelligence community had been asleep at the wheel for months across two administrations or maybe just maybe this is another Bush-style exaggeration.
  23. It's not really an opinion. It's a fact. They can't have a nuclear bomb and are not in a position to get one even if they wanted to. They aren't on the 1 yard line, so we don't have to intervene. If they were even in the red zone, we would have already known about it and wouldn't need to trust the word of people who have an interest in dragging us into another forever war.
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